GREENHOUSE WARMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does greenhouse warming mean? 

• GREENHOUSE WARMING (noun)
  The noun GREENHOUSE WARMING has 1 sense:

1. warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth

  Familiarity information: GREENHOUSE WARMING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GREENHOUSE WARMING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass through but absorb heat that is radiated back from the warmed surface of the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

greenhouse effect; greenhouse warming

Hypernyms ("greenhouse warming" is a kind of...):

atmospheric phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere)

 Context examples 

Carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor (H2O) are the only greenhouse gases that are likely to be present on Mars in sufficient abundance to provide any significant greenhouse warming.

(Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology, NASA)

Although there is much less of it in the air, it is 33 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere and adding to greenhouse warming.

(Alaska Shows No Signs of Rising Arctic Methane, NASA)

But there is not enough CO2 remaining on Mars to provide significant greenhouse warming were the gas to be put into the atmosphere; in addition, most of the CO2 gas is not accessible and could not be readily mobilized.

(Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology, NASA)